It had taken the gang nearly two hours to get from Chicago to Goose Lake, but once they'd arrived, Fred was reminded of his childhood Summer Camp; Camp Little Moose. The lake was about three miles from the nearest town and was surrounded by trees and three log cabins and a boat house.

"Can I help you?" A woman asked, as she approached the Mystery Machine. She was wearing a navy jumper with a grey jacket and thick jeans and waterproof boots. "My friends and I heard about your monster problem." Fred said.

"Reporters are not welcome here! I told you that!" The woman said angrily. "We're not reporters, we were just wondering if you needed help capturing the monster." Fred said.

The woman sighed, "Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Julia Howard, I own Goose Lake." She said. "I'm Fred, this is Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby." Fred said.

"How long have you owned this lake?" Velma asked. "My parents owned it." Julia said, "I inherited it after they died." She said.

"How long has the monster been attacking your lake?" Velma asked. "A few months, nobody believed it was real until that picture was published." Julia said. "Charlie Shipman, the owner of a local sailing club, had to move to another lake after his boats were attacked on the lake." She said. "A fisherman, Peter Stevens, took a picture of a large fish he caught, and in the background was the picture of the monster." She said, "Since then I've had reporters from all over the state." She said. "I had to call the police to get them to leave."

"What can you tell us about the monster?" Daphne asked. "The lake has been in my family for nearly 20-years, my parents bought it when the land was for sale." Julia said.

"20 years before they bought the lake and the land, there was an accident." She said, "In the Summer of 1979, a group of 10-year-old boys used to swim in the lake." Julia pointed over the lake, "There used to be rocks over there, they eroded away over the years, but they used to jump off the rocks and into the lake."

"They'd spend hours at the lake. One day, one of the boys, Timmy Preston, he was about to jump off the rocks, but it was slippery, and he lost his balance, he hit his head on the way down into the water." Julia said. "His friends because they thought he was being silly, but when he didn't come back up, they went in after him." She said.

"From what I heard, 3 of the boys went in after him, it took them a few attempts because Timmy's body had sunk to the bottom of the lake, he was unconscious. The other two boys jumped on their bikes and rode back into town to get some help." Julia said.

"The boys pulled Timmy out of the lake, and up onto the grass. One of the boys tried to perform CPR on Timmy, but it wasn't working. By the time the ambulance and the police arrived, Timmy was already dead." Julia said.

The gang exchanged looks, "What happened to his friends?" Fred asked. "They were interviewed by the police, but they all said it was an accident and Timmy just slipped and hit his head." Julia said. "But Johnny, one of the boys, told the police that he saw something in the water, he couldn't say what it was and one of the police officers said it was probably just a fish, but Johnny said it was too big to be a fish." Julia said.

"To this day he still claims that something was in the water."

"So, the monster has nothing to do with Timmy's death?" Daphne asked, Julia shook her head, "It doesn't seem like it." She said. "It sounds like the monster was in the lake before Timmy died." Fred said.

"The lake has been here for hundreds of years," Julia began, "The town was built nearby, they didn't want the towns people polluting the lake, so they kept it at a distance. After Timmy's dead, nobody went near the lake. Then it was up for sale, and my parents bought it and they built this log cabin." Julia said. "When I was twenty, though my parents owned the lake, I ran it as a business. I had a successful sailing club, then went I had my daughter, Charlie Shipman gave me rent to run a sailing club, then Peter Stevens ran a fishing club."

"The lake was left to me in my parents will after they died, and it became even more successful as the years went by, but now the monster is attacking sail boats, I've lost visitors." She said.

"Julia, is there a library in town?" Fred asked. "Yes, there is." Julia said. "We'll do some investigating in town, come on gang." Fred said.

Julia watched the gang leave in the Mystery Machine, then she looked at the lake, getting the feeling that she was being watched. But by who?

Or what?